Public Release: 24-Apr-2013
Energy & Environmental Science
New battery design could help solar and wind power the grid
Researchers from SLAC and Stanford have designed a low-cost, long-life battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid.
US Department of Energy Office of Science, Stanford University, US Department of Energy Joint Center for Energy Storage Research

Public Release: 14-Mar-2013
Science
Breakthrough research shows chemical reaction in real time
The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in the effort to develop cleaner and more efficient energy sources.
US Department of Energy

Public Release: 14-Feb-2013
Science
X-ray laser sees photosynthesis in action
Opening a new window on the way plants generate the oxygen we breathe, researchers used the LCLS X-ray free-electron laser to simultaneously look at the structure and chemical behavior of a natural catalyst involved in photosynthesis for the first time.
US Department of Energy/Office of Science

Public Release: 14-Feb-2013
2013 AAAS Annual Meeting
Science
Proof: Cosmic rays come from exploding stars
A new study from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope confirms what scientists have long suspected: Cosmic rays – energetic particles that pelt Earth from all directions – are born in the violent aftermath of supernovas, exploding stars throughout the galaxy.
NASA, US Department of Energy, Fermi LAT